Testing viral Sims 4 life hacks!

[@kitsune-c8j]

The loft bedroom/office didn't work bc you didn't raise the shelves for the "floor" from the basement. That's why you need a basement, so the shelves don't block the bed and the office under it lol every step in these hacks has a reason behind it :)

[@Simina-pi5te]

she specifically said not to place anuthing on the middle , only on the left side wall and if you want a chair in the middle

[@clotildeturner8900]

lol i think he knows but he doesn't care lol he hates basement hacks lol

[@mfitzburger5137]

There really should be a mechanic in the game where using a certain amount of build cheats makes the game shut off and open something like AutoCAD in it's place.

[@Cutthecamerasdeadass1899]

And THAT'S why is didn't work so he can't say if doesn't work and it's just for show when he didn't even try...🙄🙄 building isn't for him@@clotildeturner8900

[@storm.design]

For the one with the basement shelves I’ve made improvements in a new video, so you don’t have to do the basement stuff, you can use half tile kitchen cabinets so sims can still access the bed, I’ve learnt a lot since posting that video to make it easier for people! It’s the shelves that are stopping it being functional that’s why I put them in the basement but with the half tile kitchen cabinets you don’t have to (you do need to use the tall wall height though so you can’t see them through the archway) Edit: by the way I love these videos! Really helps me see where people are struggling to improve on future tutorials!

[@jfcfanfic]

Still a really awesome idea. I like it.

[@storm.design]

@@jfcfanficthanks! ❤

[@noahlovesmateco]

I looove your builds, I learned so much from them ❤

[@Gabsnags]

I just saw that video yesterday and love it!

[@liv97497]

Just saw your updated video and it's really cool!

[@macklyon7476]

1:48 "a soft overlay of grass". Completely covers the sand.

[@ShadowAnimeation]

The sand terrain paint actually works in base game. You need Island Living specifically to build and knock down sand sculptures. But the "play in sand" and "draw in sand" options are there in just the base game ^_^

[@jdm9268]

Yeah Oasis Springs too, I always have toddlers there helps there needs great😂

[@ShadowAnimeation]

@@jdm9268 Oh yeah, that's a good point. You can just do it in Oasis springs as well, cause it's almost all sand :3

[@jdm9268]

@ShadowAnimeation yeah, I haven't seen the assessories that he has in the video, but maybe because I don't have island living. But they get their own out, helps there imagination skill go up, so I leave them to it lol😂🥰

[@thexshattered]

I'm definitely gonna use the sandcastle feature! So awesome - thanks for sharing. Also, when I make bathrooms with windows/glass dividers, I usually make the shower a "room" and bring it down by one platform level, then just remove the walls after. This is so that Sims have to step down one when entering the shower. It gives the illusion that the water isn't just gonna spill out of the shower since it's not the same level as the rest of the bathroom.

[@Kualinar]

I've seen real bathrooms with their floor slightly lower than the rest of the apartment's or house's floors.

[@emily408]

The sandbox one was surprising because at this point we don’t expect the sims team to put this much thought into the details

[@Univ3rsalis]

Sand is useful in parks, so kids can play in it. I rarely built a sandpit, but often use sand abilities. 👌🏻

[@rachelturney6179]

For the walk in shower just put a wall and just use any of the eco lifestyle windows, it's the same idea but with like half the steps

[@silkehollander5854]

Also now you could put multiple base game windows above each other

[@nathallymerida2369]

i feel so weird being an avid lover of the moschino pack 😭 my sims are always wearing the tshirt as pajamas and the lace boots, and i absolutely love the photography for family portraits

[@monalisa8504]

Same, I also love messing with the freelance photographer career, if you got city living. I even have a lot public photo studio lot with all the furniture for family portraits.

[@desiree2086]

Those boots are probably my favorite item in the entire game lol. The windows are also really nice

[@nathallymerida2369]

@@desiree2086 theyre so underrated i swear every male sim of mine wears them at least once lmao

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

I like that pack too

[@leticiaem]

And the windowssss I use them all the time! My favs in the game!

[@sarahsimon9761]

Hahahaha I completely feel you on the tool mod and basement thing. Too much!!

[@EmeraldMcSausage]

Didn't Lovestruck come with a glass panel specifically designed to make walk-in shower rooms more easily?

[@EmeraldMcSausage]

Oh, Satch actually mentions it at the end and shows the difference! I suppose there are plusses and minuses to both.

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

@@EmeraldMcSausageAnd people might have Mochino and not lovestruck,

[@KaienPanzermast]

13:57 i thing you might have had to raise it up from the basement

[@SevenofLein]

I'm with you, the sandbox one is nice, easy and fun, the other hacks are for pro builders 😂 I'm not gonna fiddle either. Thanks for the end bit, that looks a lot easier to put a little room under the stairs. I would still use the archway though, so you can see the cute nook from the room you're in. Thinking... would the walls look stupidly tall if you build a loft on top and just remove the rest of the flooring.... probably... but I'm gonna try that cause I love lofts and want to use the long hanging lamps one day too😂

[@christielongfield6068]

I don’t even make a box, just put it all around the monkey bars and swings. I found out it worked when my sim just started building sand castles in it

[@shesrhirhi]

The basement is what makes the stuff function lol def takes some time to figure out :)

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

0:28 I only recently discovered that the terrain paint is actual stuff. I used to do sand floor panels and it would leave no foot prints. I them made a pool for a country mansion, ran out of money for sand around the pool, and used the terrain paint to find out I had been wasting money on floor panels. Best discovery ever.

[@komi-creative]

Glad I'm not the only one who's immediately like: No!, whenever I see the basement or TOOL is needed...!

[@marieduran6286]

In the loft room example, I noticed that they lowered the office/closet room by one. As if it was a platform and you lower it by one. I do this to make flower beds, just use the High School fence like they did with the sandbox and then lower it one step, use the floor tile from Misc called clean room or basement floor and then you can either use debug plants, or plant plants and then place them in there.

[@Chaotic_Pixie]

I love the basement tricks. Once you’ve figured out how many ticks to move an item up, it never changes… so you just make note and repeat it as much as you want. As for a cute under the stairs cupboard… just use tallest wall height, add a short wall height arch, & add a bookcase under the staircase.

[@Ray_Vun]

i once did the raised bed hack. it wasn't that specific one but same concept, and it worked until it didn't. for whatever reason at some point it bugged out and the sim stopped being able to get to the bed to sleep, and i couldn't be bothered to redo it to fix it, so i just got rid of it and made a normal room

[@bcray2548]

The sand pit one is wild. I've had Island Living for so long and did not know you could do this

[@revengeoftheratdog]

Oh my gosh this is the earliest I’ve ever caught a video love your videos!!

[@thegeeksister13]

I didn't know you could make a sand box!

[@TibbarTheRabbit]

Im glad im not the only one who HATES the basement stuff.

[@shaunna6673]

I'm with you! I Hate those basement hacks Soo Much!!!

[@user-wm1oo4os7e]

For the shower hack you could also use the platform tool to sink the shower part one step into the ground so it looks like it's built in if that makes sense

[@Dude_its_Lyz]

I had Johnny Zest build a sand sculpture in his fron yard last night.

[@His_BeefStroodle]

okkk- the bathroom and sand pit is lowkey amazing

[@nisa202]

*changes the instructions* oh no why doesn't it work?

[@jennaragsdale5593]

tbf, for the shower hack you don't specifically need the Moschino pack. you can use any glass divider like the one in love struck or you can also just use the windows from base game.

[@cassullivan1375]

I completely feel you on the stress of some of these hacks! I can't handle that basement hack either or using debug lol! I don't have the patience to sit for hours trying to manage it

[@jfcfanfic]

I'm amazed with the sand castle.

[@punkyskunk9317]

I'm loving that hair satch!

[@SasskiF]

That sand pit one was definitely a keeper. Re, the kitchen wall window. I’ve done something similar, but I just got rid of a two tile section of the wall entirely, and replaced it with a standard size two tile bar.

[@angelaboop6231]

Really loved this ❤

[@vingedheart]

She did say use the tallest wall height... But yes; that one looked a bit too tricky for me - I never play with the tallest wall height and then the rest of the house should be as well... Hmmm.... But some nice ideas. The sand thing I knew about, but never imagined a round sandbox - that was cute!

[@rosieinwonderland8132]

The sandpit hack is brilliant. I wanted to make my nursery which has one normal sandpit and one surrounded by rocks with a tree in the middle so it's perfect. And i thought "how dumb that we still don't have sandpits for kids"

[@Siimply.Jessica]

I hate like watching KZbin shorts for this reason, but I will never do these cute little hacks in the KZbin world for The Sim 4..because they're ridiculous and half of them don't work or they're so fiddley or fickle. and they're good to just look at basically. So I'm with Satch on this one y'all

[@kristaj1392]

The Tool mod has gotten a lot easier, it’s not that hard to use as it was when it just came out, also twistedmexi has videos here on KZbin, if you need help on how to use the mod, so don’t give up, you can do it! 😊tool is such an amazing mod

[@z.startedafire]

the booths at restaurants that can't be used as a booth, you can put chairs in them and shrink them, and can be used as a booth to sit in. and you can use the coffee tables as actual tables by shrinking a table and doing the same thing with the couches. just put chairs, shrunk down. wa-la a couch as a "dinner table"

[@TheSunflowerfamily-w4f]

The 1st hack about the sand is base game but its only for toddler and child sims and the sand sculpture interaction is island living

[@mollymollie6048]

The sand pit is awesome!!! If there’s a mod to play badminton or volleyball, you could have a beach court. I am curious if you have a cat, will it use the sand pit as a litter box the way they do in real life? Very cool video. I can barely build a square box with a roof, I wouldn’t go near trying any of that stuff….but I’m so glad people who love building and have mad skills upload things to the gallery!

[@CarmindyOnline]

For the bathroom walk in shower I would have used the room dividers from the University pack.

[@stephaedwards2978]

I love your videos! And this one is so great. I love the fact that you can't stand the whole basement and tool mod thing i can't stand those and truthfully can't understand them 😂

[@AngelLoure]

The best way to avoid hacks but still be able to use them is just get one from the gallery 😂

[@stepheniesummersett6970]

I love the shower idea and I want to add in something I do. Sometimes I just use the glass wall tool and I will create a wet room with the shower and the tub combo. And then the other room has the vanity and the sink. It's really a luxurious looking

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

The sand thing is amazing, now need to visit all my family parks and add Sand!!!! All the complex building stuff, not gonna try. Pretty sure you can accomplish a version of the open shower with half walls and windows.

[@KyuuketsuhimeMiyu]

For the kitchen hack, the little alcove thing is called a pass-through, and we do have them in America, but I don't know how common they are.

[@SloanPeterson512]

Omg yes! I'm totally with you with the whole basement and tool mod shit. Lmao. I always see this cute shit and I want to do it so badly but I just can't deal with all those steps. Lol

[@vanillalocky]

Bathroom mood lighting though, that's my life atm 😂😂 My bathroom light socket is the odd one out as the ONLY screw in bulb. I keep forgetting to pick up a bulb (it's been weeks) But I always have candles as where I live is prone to power cuts. You can see where I'm going with this

[@CestineKnudsen]

I love that you don't build with the grids! I hate the grids 😂 They annoy my eyes. But this is so cool! I'm definitely gonna try out some of these hacks 🥰

[@clotildeturner8900]

love this !! pls do more

[@katclark3857]

I’ve used a desk that’s functional under the top bunk bed. It’s really handy for a tiny home.

[@SouthernAngelsStamping]

I always knew about the sandbox. Have to agree with you on the basement trick.. I have tried some of those and they never have worked for me. Still learning how to use the tool mod so thats not that easy to do when you have to size or rotate things when you are just learning. All of those hacks do take a bit of patience and time to do and are not as easy as they make them look😒

[@IronGoddessOfMercy]

I would love to see more videos like this from you! Like, building tricks tested by a non-expert, someone like me. It's cool!

[@naokimisisuki2659]

what i learn from this hacks is that ea need to add an actual loft tool to the game

[@vendetta12.12]

omg obsessed with your open style shower 💖

[@ShadowAnimeation]

Also @16:41 you can't have a bar or other object that someone tends BUT you can have a desk/bar to sit at by putting a chair at a table, sizing the table down, and then putting the chair/table combo up to an oversized shelf like you were attempting with the bar ^_^

[@marieduran6286]

Speaking of raising items, I would rather use MOO and alt 9. It is so much simpler.

[@TeaWithTash_]

I don't have the island living pack, but my Sim children can "play in the sand".

[@nyanzarojas8776]

I think the walk in shower hack would be easier just building a room with full length windows and a glass door.

[@candicewyatt6592]

Im with you about all hacks raising things from the basement 😭,so when I get home tonight I'm gonna see if I can simplify these hacks. I'll get back to you if it's successful.

[@hannaseibert1912]

ive been making tiny sandboxes forever with the terrain paint!

[@QueenY-co7es]

Love ur channel

[@jadedjhypsi]

i think the loft hack did not work for you because you put the boards inside the room you were creating instead of the room below so their alpha´s blocked entry to anything in that area of the room... =(

[@vien-4390]

😂Finally someone that also can not work with basement or tool mod 😀Loved the video ones again.

[@Catpucccino]

I wish the standalone showers were better with hygiene, comfort etc. I'd never use anything else if they were, I hate, no, absolutely loathe those small shower ...booths? shower cabinets? irl 🤢

[@Pumpkinpie1980]

The sand one is amazing!

[@karlweir3198]

I don't have island living and the sand box worked

[@shelleyharker7886]

I will never understand people’s hate-on for the moschino pack.

[@Thegirlwithapinkbag]

That shower is bigger than my dorm room.

[@shade5549]

I love these so much, more life hack vids pleeease

[@selkiefluff]

Glad I'm not the only one who dislikes tutorials that require you to build basements or use too many custom elements. Yeah it's cool and creative but it'll take you hours if you want to edit or expand the room just slightly. Guess it works for people who just want to play one static family with no aging etc.

[@TheGirlInTheIceberg]

personally for me all stuff like basement hacks it too extra(dramatic) to me because like you can use this bed but you can't woohoo and stuff like that

[@niknack7420]

Oh, i can watch you do the testing for hours

[@Koneko-banana]

I wish we had more options for corner tubs in the game

[@skyebdj]

Why am I the same way when it comes to the basement tool hacks? 😅😭😭

[@marieduran6286]

I am sorry, I don't want to spam your comments section, but with the desk on the halfwall trick, you can still use alt 9 and finish it the rest of the way, but with the Machino glass I would have rathered shrunk it further and leave it straight and put it up along the railings going across like if it were a glass railing, or just use the Snowy Escape railing in black and place ceiling lights from the Fitness stuff pack--size them down one and use the one for medium wall height. Or you can use the awning that is glass from the City Living or Get Together and raise it using alt 9 until it is one step from the ceiling. and then do the lights from Fitness stuff pack.

[@manalykos9575]

Love the sandbox🎉

[@georgiemac1784]

"I cant stand these hack with the basements raising them up" *console players nod and cry in agreement* 😂😂😂

[@arleccio]

You cannot put anything below the middle two squares of the bed. They don't care about the head space or the foot space. Just the middle needs to be "free" so they can access the bed. If you turn the desk it should work. Somehow the linked chair doesn't count. If you put just the chair in the middle it would be in the way. You don't need a basement for this.

[@mellisahankins2396]

I was able to do it. You also dont need the shelves. Its ok if the bed floats

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

As for the Moschino divider/ shower doors, you can make them once and save them in your gallery so you don't have to make them over and over again. If you don't want to save the whole bath. Form the loft bed, can you turn it the bed the other way so the headboard is on the platform?

[@redeutteok1]

i will never fw basement thing it pisses me off every time 😂

[@Simina-pi5te]

specifically said not to place anuthing on the middle , only on teh left side wall adn if you want a chair in the middle

[@kelokelo6290]

Patiently waiting for your reaction to the new kits leaks😭

[@yummi118]

U should make this a series

[@bonbonvegabon]

I loathe these basement challenges too buddie, lol drives me insane. lol. Great hacks btw. Thx for posting.

[@Kualinar]

There is no need for the surrounding box. There is a mod that allows Sims to beach comb in ANY sandy patch : Beachcomb Anywhere.

[@xav8971]

The sand gagged me hun

[@StarlightBettaGamer]

the person showing the bed hack showed their sim use it, i bet its not working because you skipped the basement step. there must be a reason they did it that way :0

[@kim-fz9mv]

I hope you can review a recent mod its called The Expanded Plantsims mod, made by the same creator who made the expanded mermaid mod.

[@isyoursheepwireless]

If you have to use the double wall height for the lofted bed, you might as well just use two short walls and no platforms?

[@genderdystopia019]

I can't tell what's more pale... your hair or your skin. LOL Thanks for these tips, as always!!!!

[@larryhinkle9390]

Omg. I have all this sand oriented cc and was like this doest work. I needed to do the terrain. It just has blank spots you're supposed to paint the sand

[@jennaragsdale5593]

bedroom hack didn't work because you didn't use the basement for the shelves. shelves are blocking it.

[@personcalledalexis]

can’t you do the bedroom without the basement? i like to out platform, stair, make platform high. i dunno if the underneath is possible, but eh

[@mamabear42217]

I love this !

[@kittykittycatcat4661]

i am so sick of the love hate relationship i have with this game. i deleted everything last year and i promised i wasnt gonna play it again. 60gb of mods, every dlc available, cheats... everything. i realized i spent more time trying to fix the game, find the broken mods by 50-50 method, it even teached me coding at some point. i am unpatiently waiting for a new game that is sims-like. today i relapsed lmao downloading the game again

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

14:00 Now, I think I know how to make this functional. I remember I did a landing for steps, but I had to use a platform to make the landing..... it was for a spaceship silo. It might be possible to place a wide enough platform for the bed, then build underneath the platform?